Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1887-12-22
NATIONAL NEWS.
Senators Discuss the House
Adjournment.
REVENUE MATTERS DEBATED.
An Animated Discussion by Both
Parties OH Administrative
Qu' stiOns.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HHEAID.

q resolution requiring the Secretary Q
10 Senate to furnish copies of all cor
r,spondence with the Mexican Gov
ernment to January, 1886, respecting
thu We'll and LII Abra claims; also :.
state what amount has been paid b,
Mexico under the convention for tn,
adoption OF claims, the amount di
lributei, the amount undistributed
and the reason for withholding The
same. A.loped.
THE HOLIDAY RECESS.
Allison called up the holiday recess
re-oluion, and moved its adoption.
Plumb thought that there was n,
eason why Congress should adjourn
or the holidays. He referred :,
Hughes resolution that Congress
.no,ild not aujmurn until some dirlw
-ton of the Treasury surplus wa,
made, and said that liz did not agr-.
With the Presidents statement tina
he responsibility of non action in til.
natter of the surplus would rest witt
C.mgress. The primary responsibility,
,ur tie. condition of the Treasury rest
ii with the President, who total,
'iisreyarded the Ia" which rcquirct
him
TO SPEND THE SURPLUS
In the purchase of the national debt
Che President, in his message ,omittet
I'd state that tile last Congress ha
.assed law which required him
,ftirmatively t., pay 100000 O y
nonti, in discharge Of the publ debt
md that the President had put tn Il
oil in his pocket, thus preventing it,
,rcoming law. The Secretary oil
he rr,'asnry was to-day depo itinu
$40 900 600 ii the alleged surplus with
national banks to BIZ loaned to he
people Ut such rates as their necessit.
might compel them to ray. Bonds u
The United states could he purchase
It y rate which would yield "a Ter
'ent., and vet, instead Of using pa,i
II the surplus for that purpose, it Wa
.iven the national hanks to be
used f,r their profit. The President
mad forgotten that
THE RIVER AND HARBoR BILL,
Which appro rated $l4 GOD, COO had
Jailed, not because vi any lack Of at-
tim by Congress. The deficiency bill
covering over So O00. 900 hal also
Jailed last session because of the neg
l+,,.t Of the Democratic majority in the
house If Representatives, and these
two sums woul ! have made \ very
c. ,n.fortable addition to the current
funds Of the Poop 9 ut this juncture.
He (Plumt) never did agree with the
Republican p,,.icy Of the treasury de-
partnent. hut that policy was not un-
Ter the suspicion Of teing unduly in
huanced by New York banks. Just
Is fast AS there WAS
A SURPLUS OF 80, 000, 900
In the Treasury under the Republic
en- administration it had been put
on in The ,lisch ,rge OF the obligations
OF The United States. 1t hal never
ven paid our after consultation with
officers Of New York banks. The
rm' l., vi h the present IL !nini-tra-
ton was that il ha no eve to any
thing except. what related to the tn
ferests Of New York City. He pre-.
aumei that on u ijoprnment the reso-
lltim, wnuli pas. hut believed that it
would not he with fair reglrl for the
p iblic interests.
BECK RESPONDS.
Beck said that such recess was
usual, AMI ne did not zee why the
Senate ~hnu'd 90 into Il discussion 81
he Presidents policy when they ia'i
III next year before them. But thrre
we're some things which I'D bs-n
overlv keel ny the Senator from Kan
4as. Tie Ia / not til the countryth It
the policy ii the R.pu ,isan p,rty,by
imposing and maintaining unreaIon-
able hish taxation. htt prpiuced the
Treasury surplus. and that tie same
i,arty WA determined to hold it. or to
waste it in eucn schemes AZ the Re.
publican party might desire. The
senator had MT tnl tie cou try ti,at
the Republican party had 80 adjusted
The debts uf the Untel States that they
COULD NOT BE PAID
with the money thus brought by high
t,,xaiipn INTO the Treasury. unless
sncl, Wemiums were paid to the bun.l-
h,l,lers as they might demand. The
policy Of the Re ,nhlican party had
postponed the payment nf $26 90 J 600
until 1891, and put off MA 600 0OO
until 1897. The Presid mt had pail
every dollar of the three per- ent
b nls that were payable. without pay
ing the premium which he bond
h pliers might zee Mt to ask.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Headed nv the President was endeav.
ring 10 reiu.e taxes 40 that \ large
,rplus should not come into tn g
Treasury. All that the President had
said was that it Was not the proper
thing for the Se rotary "f the Treas
ury 10 yav $50 or $3.50 for every
500 Of the public debt. and
that it was the duty of Congress 10
reduce the taxation Of the people.
The Senator from Oregon, with all
his sul citude fnr the American
merchsnt marine, would not vpte
for it, aud VIII, 2 Because the Re-
publican Senators did not propo-e
to make break in the solid compact
which they hal made with the pro
tectad industries Of the country by
tariff legislation. They feared lest u
erevasse might he created in that l"np
line OF projected industries which
might result in their dellge. In re
srnn-e to Piumh's criticism OF the
President for veioin5 the K yer ano
Harbor bill, he reminded that Senator
that
THE MOST vIRULBEr ATTACKS
Upon the b had Come fir IN himsel
(Plumb). He had fought the bill BY
sections, and in The aggregate
had reduced 1t, de bounced !
and voted against it. Tue Psesiden